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Title:       New Testament, The
Book:        Matthew
Author:      Various
Date:        1881

Chapter 18

     In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is ^9
greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  And he called to him a little child, and
set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn,
and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of
heaven.  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is the ^1 greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one
such little child in my name receiveth me: but whoso shall cause one of these
little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that ^2 a
great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in
the depth of the sea.

[Footnote 9: Gr. greater.]

[Footnote 1: Gr. greater.]

[Footnote 2: Gr. a millstone turned by an ass.]

     Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs
be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion
cometh!  And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and
cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt,
rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee:
it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two
eyes to be cast into the ^3 hell of fire. See that ye despise not one of these
little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my Father who is in heaven. ^4 How think ye?  if any man have a
hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety
and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?  And if
so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth over it more than
over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray.  Even so it is not ^5 the
will of ^6 your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should
perish.

[Footnote 3: Gr. Gehenna of fire.]

[Footnote 4: Many authorities, some ancient, insert ver. 11 For the Son of man
came to save that which was lost.  See Lk. 19. 10.]

[Footnote 5: Gr. a thing willed before your Father.]

[Footnote 6: Some ancient authorities read my.]

     And if thy brother sin ^7 against thee, go, show him his fault between
thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.  But if he
hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two
witnesses or three every word may be established. And if he refuse to hear
them, tell it unto the ^8 church: and if he refuse to hear the ^8 church also,
let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the ^9 publican.  Verily I say unto
you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and
what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  Again I
say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything
that they shall ask, it ^10 shall be done for them of my Father who is in
heaven.  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I
in the midst of them.

[Footnote 7: Some ancient authorities omit against thee.]

[Footnote 8: Or, congregation]

[Footnote 9: See marginal note on ch. 5. 46.]

[Footnote 10: Gr. shall become.]

     Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him?  until seven times?  Jesus saith unto him, I
say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until ^11 seventy times seven.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make
a reckoning with his ^12 servants.  And when he had begun to reckon, one was
brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand ^13 talents.  But forasmuch as he
had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and
children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.  The ^14 servant
therefore fell down and ^15 worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with
me, and I will pay thee all.  And the lord of that ^14 servant, being moved
with compassion, released him, and forgave him the ^16 debt.  But that ^14
servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred
^17 shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying,
Pay what thou owest.  So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him,
saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.  And he would not: but
went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due. So when
his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and
told unto their lord all that was done.  Then his lord called him unto him,
and saith to him, Thou wicked ^1 servant, I forgave thee all that debt,
because thou besoughtest me: shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy
fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?  And his lord was wroth, and
delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.  So
shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his
brother from your hearts.

[Footnote 11: Or, seventy times and seven]

[Footnote 12: Gr. bondservants.]

[Footnote 13: This talent was probably worth about œ200, or $1000.]

[Footnote 14: Gr. bondservant.]

[Footnote 15: See marginal note on ch. 2. 2.]

[Footnote 16: Gr. loan.]

[Footnote 17: The word in the Greek denotes a coin worth about eight pence
half-penny, or nearly seventeen cents.]

[Footnote 1: Gr. bondservant.]